ollie Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Ok. Now Paddock has lost it. He just pulled Emery after going up 2-0 on Fisher's goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted December 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 WHAT? I am not watching...what are you talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 WHAT? I am not watching...what are you talking about?Sorry dude, that was for the rubes. Emery's lingering groin injury forced him out during the first.Fisher and Scott Walker just had a nice fight. Walker penalized for a cheap head butt at the end. Fisher off for dental repairs.3-0 Sens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted December 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted December 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Yep...Gerber and the Sens have returned to form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 killer game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 A pair of great back-to-back games, although Gerber held them in for the first period tonight.Can I take off this black jersey now, or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothedShredder Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=4d70a817-87af-4781-ab18-fbb760a462bfMelnyks' warmth shines through Ottawa woman's Barbados nightmareHusband suffered fatal heart attack on holidayKelly Egan, The Ottawa CitizenPublished: Friday, December 14, 2007Jim Cole loved many things, not many more than his Ottawa Senators.For years, he had a pair of season tickets in section 223 -- blue line -- affording a view of the player benches, at which he often fixed his binoculars.Mr. Cole, 55, and his wife, Lee, 52, had news for their section-mates not long ago. They were off to Barbados for a week's vacation and were planning to hit Bert's Bar, the island drinking spot owned by Senators boss Eugene Melnyk, which is often seen on webcams at Scotiabank Place.The couple arrived at the Crane Resort, on the island's south side, on Nov. 24, and were left awestruck by the sandy pink beaches and old world feel of the place, perched on a cliff."My god, it was gorgeous," said Mrs. Cole.On the third day, a Monday, the resort manager was having a cocktail party. At about 4 p.m., Mr. Cole, a fit old-time hockey player, ventured to the beach for a final dip before the party.Mrs. Cole readied herself in the room. As she emerged from the shower just before 5 p.m., she heard a knock on the door. It was the manager. Come immediately, he said: something terrible has happened to your husband.He was right.They snaked through the hotel and climbed the steps to the beach to find a single beach chair facing the gorgeous blue water. Mr. Cole, his trunks still wet, was slumped over. Dead.Hardly sick a day in his life, he had suffered a massive heart attack, moments after playing on a boogie board with a bunch of young men."He's just lying in the chair, with his eyes open, but he's gone," Mrs. Cole recounted yesterday.The police and coroner were called, while a bevy of security types hovered around.Within a couple of hours, Mrs. Cole was back in Room 103, alone with the waterfront view.Her husband of 24 years, the man she worked beside at the family firm, LCT Lab Technologies, the father of their two children, Jessica, 23, and Jason, 21, was gone.She retrieved his BlackBerry and began making painful phone calls to family in Canada: Jessica in Montreal, Jason in B.C., Jim's brother, Don, in Pickering.In the middle of this aching frenzy, the phone rang. It was Eugene Melnyk, who lives a short walk down the beach.The Senators owner, a resident on the island, had caught wind that a Canadian had died suddenly on the beach and wanted to offer his help.During the next several days, Mr. Melnyk and his wife, Laura, threw themselves into the rescue mission.They made their staff available for transportation. A cellphone was delivered to Mrs. Cole. He called the Canadian High Commission to alert them, following up with a phone call to Foreign Affairs in Ottawa.The pathologist in Barbados, who professed a work backup, was quietly spoken to in order to speed up the autopsy. The police sent a liaison officer.On Wednesday, Jessica arrived, frazzled after missing a flight, sleeping in the Toronto airport, and finding her luggage was lost in transit.A Melnyk driver met her in Barbados and brought her to the resort. Mrs. Melnyk, hearing about the lost items, delivered an emergency package of clothing and cosmetics."They just couldn't do enough for you," Mrs. Cole says. "They were saints, and so down to Earth and supportive."In the ensuing days, they would call out of the blue to see how things were going."He would call and say: 'Are you eating anything? Are they bringing you food?' "Mr. Melnyk was even able to stickhandle the delivery of a sedative from a pharmacy so Mrs. Cole could sleep.Mrs. Cole, meanwhile, just wanted to come home.The funeral home needed about $6,500 in order to prepare the body and transport it to Ottawa. Travel insurance was going to cover about $5,000. The home, however, didn't take credit cards and Mrs. Cole didn't have enough cash.Mr. Melnyk heard about the shortfall. He wrote a cheque for the difference, with a simple "get me later."Jim's brother, Don, an IT consultant, arrived on Nov. 29, just as an earthquake was rocking the island. He was met at the airport by a Melnyk assistant and brought to the resort, where he met Mrs. Melnyk the next day."She could not have been warmer or more genuine in wanting to help."By the following Monday, the preparations to send Jim home were complete. Don called the Melnyk residence, expecting an assistant to answer.Within minutes, Laura herself arrived in a Lexus SUV, driving the grieving brother first to the funeral home, then to the airport."It was just such a blessing to have someone there to help us."Jim Cole finally arrived home on Dec. 6, two days before the funeral, to which the Melnyks sent an arrangement of tropical flowers.Reached in Barbados, Mr. Melnyk said he became involved in the case in order to cut through the red tape."I've been on the island now for almost 17 years. I know who to call."When he heard about the death, he said his mind turned to Mrs. Cole."The first thought in my mind was she was, A, probably in absolute shock and, B, 3,000 miles from home, and alone."I thought, somebody has to take charge here."He was full of praise for the Canadian High Commission, which sprang into action when it heard the news."We tried to make it easier for her, in what was probably the lowest point of her life."It's very rare that you can do good things for people that really count. When you can do it, you just do it because you can. And that's really all we did." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Booche, I dont know how I am going to tell Dinghy this but the wife washed my black Sens jersey and it shrunk. It doesnt even come close to fitting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted December 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 WHAT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blane Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 The Latest on the Senators Andrej Meszaros left Monday's practice after nine minutes favouring his left ankle. Meszaros - who has never missed a game in his career - is expected to play Tuesday. Mike Fisher (strained abdominal) rode the bike and said he will begin skating in a few days. A weekend return seems doubtful at this point. Anton Volchenkov (broken finger) is about two weeks away from returning, while Patrick Eaves (shoulder - indefinite) could be back at the end of December. Both skated prior to practice. Brian McGrattan returns after missing one game with a shoulder strain suffered in a fight with Georges Laraque. With the exception of the top line, Paddock has been forced to juggle his players. Chris Kelly will take Fisher's spot, centreing the second line with Antoine Vermette and Daniel Alfredsson as his wingers. For Vermette, this is the opportunity he has been looking for - a chance to be amoung the top six forwards on the team. He has had chances playing on the top two lines before but has yet to make a lasting impression. Martin Gerber will makes his third straight start in net and is 2-0 vs. the Bruins this season with a 1.44 GAA. - TSN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted December 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 YES...GRATTS IS BACK!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Oh Dinghy, don't take Booche's bait so easily! For those of you not keeping score, the Sens are now 6-0-1 since the black jersey arrived.The jersey is fine Dinghy, but it does need some alterations so it's going to be out of commission for a few games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Oh, and I forgot to add:Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted December 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Phew!!! thanks for the info Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothedShredder Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 I can't believe we lost 7 in a row! Loving the parity in the league right now... 10 teams in the east within 4 games of 2nd place. That's going to mean lots of 'high stakes' games between teams not involving the Sens... which should minimize the effect of having teams playing their best games against us to see how they measure up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Kovalchuk is one of the few players who can score from anywhere at anytime: witness his one-time slapshot from the blueline in last Saturday's game, a shot which beat Senators goaltender Martin Brodeur over his trapper hand and off the post, during a 5-on-3 manpower advantage.Wow. What a misprint. Link to article, although they may correct it by the time you read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted December 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 Way to go Kenny!!!Good loss tonight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 Wah?I didnt watch the game but how is losing to the fucking lowly Thrashers a "good loss" ?The Thrashers tied a franchise record with 45 shots.Again, keep in mind that I didnt watch the game but can someone tell me what the fuck happened here to make this a good loss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted December 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 it was a joke..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 Could have used the black jersey last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothedShredder Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 Ratz... tough game against the Hawks. Gotta be tough though when the Refs clearly have a mandate to "Keep the game close"... especially during these 'highly' viewed holiday games.Let hope this doesn't go for another 7 gamer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted December 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Here we go... Alfie calls out flipping out Emery Looks like someone isn't happy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 I wonder how long the Sun can continue to make fun of Dubielewicz's name? Senators light up Dubie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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